There’s birdsong. Eddies in the river. The rush of wind.

And there’s also traffic. Pundits and critics. The noise of culture. The electric grid.

It’s not just that sound enters our ears — it’s that we place ourselves in the context of sound.

And the soundscape does not self-regulate on our behalf. It doesn’t decide that we’ve heard too much of one thing and not enough of another. Each sound will play for us as long as we’re willing to listen.

The curation is up to us.

Listen thoughtfully.